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== History ==
===Early History===
As a youth, Lirin travelled to [[Kharbranth]] as a courier.
===The Surgeon And his Apprentice===
After the operation, Kaladin helped his father to clean the surgery room and discussed why he had been late. Disapproving of his sons choices to hang around with older villiage boys like Jam, Lirin argued with his son over the usefulness of surgeons and soldiers. After shifting the conversation, Lirin continued his son’s study, quizzing him on various diseases and medicines. He believed Kaladin had great potential and expressed his desire to send Kaladin to Kharbranth after he turned sixteen to study.{{book ref|sa1|10}}
Several years later, Kaladin unsuccessfully tried to save the life of a young girl named Miasal, who had fallen from a considerable height. Lirin was called to the scene by Alim, however, by did not arrive before the girl died. Afterwards, Lirin searches out Kaladin, and found him weeping on the steps near the surgery room. Before coming to find his son, he had gone to inspect the child and despite Kaladin’s inability to save her, he was impressed by the work Kaladin had done. The two of them sat together as the sun set, while Kaladin continued to grieve.{{book ref|sa1|20}}
===Brightlord Wistiow and the Goblet of Sphere’s===
Lirin and Brightlord Wistiow we’re close friends despite the difference in their social standing.
The Brightlord was not in his right mind during his last few days and did not have the capacity to transfer this wealth. Lirin, with the help of his wife Hesina, engineered the theft of their friends wealth as they knew that with his death would come the loss the potential union between their children. Rumors sprang up not long after the Brightlord’s death surrounding the legitimacy of the transaction, though concrete evidence was never produced to prove the sphere’s had been stolen.{{book ref|sa1|25}}{{book ref|sa1|37}}
===The Butcher===
The new citylord, Roshone, took a disliking to Lirin immediately after his arrival in Hearthstone.
Life for Lirin went downhill quickly after Roshone’s appointment as citylord. At Roshone suggestion, the townspeople ceased their donations and inflated the price of their goods, and they felt intimidated by Roshone and wished to avoid his anger. Secretly, however, they continued donating in secret, and left food around the town for Hesina to find while she worked.{{book ref|sa1|37}}{{book ref|sa1|44}}
===Children Lost===
After a catastophic whitespine hunt, Roshone's son [[Rillir]] died whilst in Lirin's care. The young man was brought back, along with his father, ahead of the rest of the hunting party in the hopes he could be saved. Two others were injuries in the attack, however, Alps and Milp had been left to to be retrieved by the other townsfolk but likely died of their wounds.{{book ref|sa1|41}}
Rillir’s wounds were extensive, and after an assessment, Lirin determined he could not save the boy. Roshone, lying on a seperate tabled screamed at the surgeon to help his son, however, Lirin instead opted to tend to Roshone whose wounds weren’t as severe. He administered dazewater to the Brightlord to calm him, as well as to Rillir to ease his suffering. When he removed the whitespine tusk from Roshone’s leg, Lirin was presented with the opportunity to end the citylord’s life. Unable to kill those in his charge, he instead chose to save the Brightlord’s life.{{book ref|sa1|41}}
▲- Rillir
After the operation, Roshone was returned to his manor to rest and his son’s body sent to the crypt. Once again sitting on the steps outside of their home, Kaladin questioned his father over whether he would have let Roshone die if he had not also been in the room. Lirin responded in the negative; he could not have let another in his care die, though Kaladin’s presence had helped to strengthen his resolve.{{book ref|sa1|41}}
- Tien and Kaladin▼
After Rillir’s death, Lirin began to spend Brightlord Wistiow’s spheres. He did not need the do this; the family could survive as they were and had been offered assistance by Hesina’s parents if required. However, by spending the spheres Lirin presented the illusion that Roshone had won and he had finally broken. He planned to continue in this fashion until Kaladin had reached the age of sixteen and the sphere’s could be sent with him to Kharbranth. Regardless, Lirin did not enjoy having to spend the spheres.{{book ref|sa1|44}}
Six months later, during the Weeping, the townsfolk of Hearthstone gathered once more in the square to await the arrival of a lighteyes. The last time they had gathered Roshone had become their city lord, this time they were greeted by Highmarshal Amaram, cousin to Roshone and leader of the princedoms army, in the absence of Highprince Sadeas. Roshone, who had become reclusive following his son’s death, also made an appearance. When Laral appeared and it became obvious she was now betrothed to Roshone, Lirin sternly warned Kaladin against making a scene.{{book ref|sa1|44}}
Amaram, who had been in the region to visit his cousin, used the opportunity to recruit new members to fight on the pricedom’s boarder. Lirin worries that Kaladin would volunteer, however his son did not step forward. After only six men volunteered, Amaram read through a list of townsfolk who would be pressed into the army to increase their numbers. Among the names chosen, was Tien, Lirin’s second son.{{book ref|sa1|44}}
The conscription of Tien had not been random. Roshone, vindictive and angry that Lirin had been unable to save Rillir, conspired to take away the surgeon’s son. While Lirin and Kaladin could not be forced into the army due to their professions of surgeon and surgeon’s assistant, Tien as the third carpenters apprentice could be targeted.{{book ref|sa1|44}}
Lirin attempted to prevent his so being taken, but was interceded by the Highmarshal. Roshone insisted that Lirin’s second son be impressed, and gloated at the victory he believed he had won over the surgeon. In an attempt to calm the situation, Amaram promised to make the boy a messenger to keep him away from combat. Kaladin, unwillingly to let the matter lie, offered to volunteer in his brothers place. When denied, he chose to enlist along side his brother to protect him from harm. Kaladin promised his devastated parents that he would take care of Tien and bring him home after their four year tour.{{book ref|sa1|44}}
Tien died, not four months after their departure. Lirin and Hesina received correspondence from Kaladin after his brothers death to inform them of his failure as well as his decision to not return to Hearthstone. Lirin and his wife did not reply. Several years later, they received notice that Kaladin had also been killed.{{book ref|sa1|47}}{{book ref|sa3|6}}
====Child Found====
A year before the Everstorm, Lirin’s third son, Oroden was born.{{book ref|sa3|7}}
When Kaladin returned to Hearthstone following the Everstorm, he found his father tending to the wounded. The parlor room of Roshone’s manor had been converted into a triage room, for Lirin and his wife and his apprentice, Mara, to use to see to the wounded. Although he did not initially recognise his son, Lirin quickly came to recognise the newcomer and both he and Hesina shared a heartfelt reunion with Kaladin.{{book ref|sa3|6}}
While his wife saw to feeding and tending their son, Lirin argued with Roshone’s guards who had been put on edge by Kaladin’s shash and slave brands. Lirin refused to let his son be sent away again, and vowed to buy Kaladin’s writ of freedom if need be. After growing frustrated, he looked to compromise with Roshone’s guard, and by extension the Brightlord himself, by writing to Highprince’s administrators for an explanation, buying the family time.{{book ref|sa3|6}}
{{quote|We’re surgeon’s. Let other rend and break; we must not harm others|Lirin to Kaladin{{book ref|sa3|7}}}}
While Kaladin discussed the town’s situation in private with Roshone, Lirin continued to treat those wounded by the Everstorm. When he returned to the parlor, Kaladin slipped back into his old role as assistant, and helped his father administer first aid. Lirin disapproved of Kaladin’s path towards violence; while he believed war was inevitable, he wished that his son did not have to be involved.{{book ref|sa3|7}}
Although Kaladin expressed the desire to relocate his family to Urithiru, Lirin refused, telling his son that he was needed in Hearthstone.
{{book ref|sa3|7}}
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